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Corrado Segre
Who
Corrado Segre · Science & Medicine
What
Founder of the Italian school of algebraic geometry
When
1863, Saluzzo, Italy — 1924, Turin, Italy
Where
Italy
Biography
Corrado Segre is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Founder of the Italian school of algebraic geometry
How & why
Corrado Segre was an Italian mathematician regarded as the founder of the Italian school of algebraic geometry, whose work on higher-dimensional projective geometry and birational transformations shaped the field for a generation. He was Jewish, born into an Italian-Jewish family, and spent his career at the University of Turin.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Founder of the Italian school of algebraic geometry
1863
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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